Power 90-#1

I am getting a late start but this is where I got the 90 day idea. I also heard that the Marines can make a young boy a man in 90 days through their boot camp. I hope mine is not as intense but I hope to see some results with weight, inches, body fat and muscle tone. I highly recommend any program from Beachbody. Contact me if you want to try any of their products. I can get you great pricing! I have weighed and measured and will let you know where I am at the end of the 90 days.

Maddox Ranch House-#70

One of my simplier things on my list is to go to Maddox Ranch House for lunch. My mom, sister, McKinli and Titan and I all went today. It was a spontaneous trip for my mom and sister and we had a great lunch. Love the chicken fried steak, rolls and etc there. No dessert...too full!

12 Temples in 12 weeks-#52

One of my spiritual goals for the 90 day challenge is to visit all twelve Utah LDS temples in the twelve weeks. Of course, I started with the closest one, Ogden. It was a rainy day and I decided that it would be a great day to spend at the temple. I had some great experiences I wouldn't have had if I had chosen another day or time. It was very rewarding and uplifting!

My Friend Clara-#80

In the summer of 2005 I felt impressed to ask a great friend of mine, Clara Larsen, if it would be OK if I came over and videotaped her life story. She had quite a childhood and because she was such a positive person she did not want to dwell on it and therefore had never told her children much about it. She first said "no" and then called back and said that she had prayed about it and that she would like me to come over. So for a few Sundays I went over with a list of questions and my video camera and recorded her answers. She sold her home, moved and became ill and we were not able to complete the list of questions. The tapes sat in a drawer and before long she had passed away. I miss her!! I told her family I would send the tapes to them but then life got crazy. Every once in awhile I would think about it but for the last few weeks it has really been something I felt I should do. I had the address to her son in AZ but that was it. I wasn't sure where I even had the address written down. I kept procrastinating. When I decided to clean my closets and drawers for the 90 day challenge, I found her funeral program with the address listed. I watched the tapes one last time and cried! I then quickly packaged them up and placed a phone call to her son to make sure he was still at this address. They were moving in three weeks and I am so fortunate that I was impressed to get this completed before they moved and I would no longer know where to send them. I hope they meant as much to her family as they did to me. One of her famous sayings that I never want to forget is, "You and the Lord are the majority in ANY situation". I love you Clara.

Cleaning of the Closets-#6

I took a couple of days and went through EVERY closet and drawer in my house and de-junked. Wow! Did it feel wonderful! This included kitchen, pantry, coat closets, walk-in closets and even my crawl space. I also sorted all the individual and family pictures into large plastic containers. I have not completed any scrapbooking since my divorce 12 years ago. Just not enough hours in the day. These bins contain pictures and other treasures from each of the girls, family and friends. This may look like your BEFORE picture but for me this was so refreshing.

Letter to President Monson-#66

I have always wanted to write a letter to Pres. Monson in behalf of those who are single moms and struggle with how we can make it financially and spiritually. I guess I wanted to see if he could offer us some advice. Maybe I just wanted a listening ear. I did write him and I did receive a letter in reply to my letter. It was signed by his personal secretary but it did give me the impression that he had talked with her as to how to answer my letter.

Swine Flu-#4

Shortly after posting the first entry on this blog and taking my before and after pictures (to be shown later), I came down with Swine Flu. Yes, can you believe it? It was WICKED! It took me several weeks just to feel better and good enough to go back to my goals. My first thought was to start this blog over but I wanted to show that sometimes we do set our goals and life happens and we have to be flexible and re-adjust. I will not delete the last post but will start the 90 days over. My end date will now be September 4, 2009.

The hardest part is not beating ourselves up. While laying there I thought I was truly going to die...don't laugh...several in Utah have died...I decided that if I only had 90 days to live..what would be on my wish list of things to do, accomplish, finish, and experience. I made my list and I will be posting those as well as my progress with getting back in shape. So Day One of the 90 days was today and I worked on typing my old journal entries into LDS Journal.com so that I can have them in order and not in tons of different places on different types of paper. This is what my journal looked like at the start! I will give you the AFTER picture when I have completely updated it. This is my Sunday project each Sunday until complete.